California awards grant for sorghum biofuels collaboration

3:38 PM MDT | July 30, 2014 | Rebecca Coons

Chromatin (Chicago) today announced a collaborative sorghum feedstock program with Pacific Ethanol, Inc.(Sacramento, CA), Calgren Renewable Fuels (Pixley, CA) and Aemetis, Inc. (Cupertino, CA). The California Energy Commission announced on July 18, 2014 that it had awarded the ethanol companies with a total of $9 million in grants. The sorghum feedstock program includes the California In-State Sorghum Program to support a lasting expansion in California’s ability to produce low-carbon ethanol from in-state feedstock that meets both the...